Education Huq received his early education in Germany, Indonesia, and Kenya. He later went and received B.Sc in botany from the
Imperial College at London University in the United Kingdom in 1975, and a DIC as well as a Ph.D. in botany from the same university in 1978.
Career Before joining IIED, Huq was the director of the
Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, which he founded in 1984. He was founding director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development at the
Independent University, Bangladesh. He has been involved in the work of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, for which he has served as the lead author and coordinating lead author in Working Group II, which focuses on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation. Huq published reports and articles on climate change, particularly on
adaptation to climate change. He was the lead author of the chapter on Adaptation and Sustainable Development in the third assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He was a Senior Fellow in the Climate Change Group at the
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the director of the
International Centre for Climate Change and Development : Climate action
Research contribution to UN SDGs As a researcher, Huq contributed to the
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). His work with the IPCC and ICCCAD contributed significantly to Goal 13 (Climate Action) and Goal 17 (Partnerships for the Goals). ] Under
Goal 13 Huq's research helped to achieve the following targets: • Target 13.3: Build knowledge and capacity to meet climate change • Target 13.a: Implement the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change • Target 13.b: Promote mechanisms to raise capacity for planning and management
Death Saleemul Huq died from a heart attack in
Dhaka, on 28 October 2023, at the age of 71. == Awards and recognition ==